Intentions to Marry, 1907 Canterbury, Otago, Chatham Islands

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840435, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1907 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki, Hawke's Bay (1907a), Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1907b), and Canterbury, Otago, Chatham Islands (1907c).

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District of Tokomairiro Quarter ending 31 March 1907 Registrar A. W. Oxley

Date of Notice

Names and Surnames of Parties

BDM Match

Condition

Calling or Profession

Age

Dwelling Place

Length of Residence

Marriage Place

Folio

Consent

Date of Certificate

Officiating Minister

5 January 1907

William Alexander
Jane Milne

William Alexander
Jane Milne
💍 1907/1655

Bachelor
Spinster

Teacher
Domestic duties

24
24

Hawea Flat
Taieri Beach

1 year
24 years

Mr James Milnes House, Taieri Beach

07/1773

5 January 1907

Rev W. H. Howes

No	28
Date of Notice	5 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Alexander	Jane Milne
	💍 1907/1655
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Teacher	Domestic duties
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Hawea Flat	Taieri Beach
Length of Residence	1 year	24 years
Marriage Place	Mr James Milnes House, Taieri Beach
Folio	07/1773
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev W. H. Howes

25 January 1907

John William Gregory
Lydia Young

John William Gregory
Lydia Young
💍 1907/1650

Bachelor
Spinster

Surfaceman
Dressmaker

26
25

Waihola
Clarendon

26 years
25 years

Mr Isaac Youngs House, Clarendon

07/1767

25 January 1907

Rev G. Miller

No	29
Date of Notice	25 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John William Gregory	Lydia Young
	💍 1907/1650
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Surfaceman	Dressmaker
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Waihola	Clarendon
Length of Residence	26 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Mr Isaac Youngs House, Clarendon
Folio	07/1767
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev G. Miller

19 February 1907

George Andrew Rutherford
Christina Cameron Hislop

George Andrew Rutherford
Christina Cameron Hislop
💍 1907/1654

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

26
25

Hindon
Milton

20 years
25 years

Mr W. Hislop's House, Milton

07/1772

19 February 1907

Rev G. Miller

No	30
Date of Notice	19 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Andrew Rutherford	Christina Cameron Hislop
	💍 1907/1654
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Hindon	Milton
Length of Residence	20 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Mr W. Hislop's House, Milton
Folio	07/1772
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev G. Miller

4 March 1907

James William Thomas Bewley
Annie Douglas Charters

James William Thomson Bewley
Annie Douglas Charters
💍 1907/8200

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker
Weaver

29
27

Milton
Milton

14 months
11 years

Presbyterian Church, Milton

07/1768

4 March 1907

Rev G. Miller

No	31
Date of Notice	4 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James William Thomas Bewley	Annie Douglas Charters
BDM Match (95%)	James William Thomson Bewley	Annie Douglas Charters
	💍 1907/8200
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker	Weaver
Age	29	27
Dwelling Place	Milton	Milton
Length of Residence	14 months	11 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Milton
Folio	07/1768
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev G. Miller

15 March 1907

John Reid
Catherine Fraser Hislop

John Reid
Catherine Fraser Hislop
💍 1907/1651

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Labourer
Domestic duties

28
31

Milton
Clarksville

4 days
7 years

Mr D. Hislops House, Clarksville

07/1769

15 March 1907

Rev G. Miller

No	32
Date of Notice	15 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Reid	Catherine Fraser Hislop
	💍 1907/1651
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	28	31
Dwelling Place	Milton	Clarksville
Length of Residence	4 days	7 years
Marriage Place	Mr D. Hislops House, Clarksville
Folio	07/1769
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev G. Miller

18 March 1907

George Robert Park
Harriet Frances Brady

George Robert Park
Harriett Frances Brady
💍 1907/1948

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Domestic duties

20
30

Table Hill
Milton

20 years
30 years

St Johns Church, Milton

07/2061

Isabella Park, mother

18 March 1907

Rev J. C. Small

No	33
Date of Notice	18 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Robert Park	Harriet Frances Brady
BDM Match (98%)	George Robert Park	Harriett Frances Brady
	💍 1907/1948
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic duties
Age	20	30
Dwelling Place	Table Hill	Milton
Length of Residence	20 years	30 years
Marriage Place	St Johns Church, Milton
Folio	07/2061
Consent	Isabella Park, mother
Date of Certificate	18 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev J. C. Small

27 March 1907

Edward Thomas Hickman
Catherine Patterson Kinlock

Edward Thomas Hickman
Catherine Patterson Kinloch
💍 1907/1653

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

27
20

Milton
Milton

3 days
2 weeks

Mr A. Kinlocks House, Milton

07/1771

Alex Kinlock, father

27 March 1907

Rev G. Miller

No	34
Date of Notice	27 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Thomas Hickman	Catherine Patterson Kinlock
BDM Match (98%)	Edward Thomas Hickman	Catherine Patterson Kinloch
	💍 1907/1653
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	27	20
Dwelling Place	Milton	Milton
Length of Residence	3 days	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Mr A. Kinlocks House, Milton
Folio	07/1771
Consent	Alex Kinlock, father
Date of Certificate	27 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev G. Miller

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What is an Intention to Marry?

The 1854 Marriage Act required Pakeha settlers (and later Maori) to register their intention to marry from 1855. The resulting Notices of intention to marry were sent by the district registrars to the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages and bound into large volumes, each containing a year of notices. These registers were eventually deposited with Archives New Zealand.

What information does an ItM record?

A typical Intention to Marry notice records:

the bride and groom's full names
occupation of the groom (and sometimes the bride)
their ages
district where the marriage would take place
how long they had resided in the district
Where the marriage would take place (eg, a specific church)
Who would officiate the marriage (eg, a minister)
The date of the notice and also a date when the certificate was issued. Marriages had to take place within 3 months, and usually occurred within a week or so of the certificate date.
If one of the parties was under 21, a parent who consented to their marriage was usually specified

These details can provide clues for genealogical and historical research. Knowing the date and district makes it easier to look for wedding notices in Papers Past, and the amount of time that the parties had resided in a district can offer clues to whether a person was born in NZ, or when they immigrated.

However, finding individual records in the Intentions to Marry registers was typically a slow and manual process, usually requiring an in-person visit to Archives NZ's Wellington office (during limited opening hours) and using a handwritten card catalogue index to look up individual names.

Eight years of the registers had been digitised by Archives NZ prior to 2024, but even these digital versions required the use of a manual index and usually examining several pages to locate specific records.

What is the Intentions to Marry Project?

This project aims to transcribe the New Zealand Intentions to Marry registers (from 1855 to 1925) with the assistance of new technology (AI), making the records freely available and easily searchable.

The ITM records have also been cross-referenced with the registered marriages at DIA Births, Deaths and Marriages, where possible (a small fraction of the recorded intentions to marry did not become a registered marriage).

Currently we have almost all records between 1855 and 1908. More registers are being added almost every week.

The project is led by Luke Howison, a web developer who made the free genealogical research search tool NZ Ancestor Search Helper and Archway-style Collections Search. There are also some wonderful volunteers assisting with digitising the registers.

Can I volunteer to help?

Yes, you can! You can sign up to correct errors in the transcribed records and match ITMs with registered marriages.

I am also looking for Wellington-based volunteers to help me digitise more years of the registers. I can provide lighting equipment and a 'clicker' (to trigger your phone's camera).

How is the transcription done?

There are several steps to digitising and transcribing the records:

Digitising the registers (taking clean, straight, high-quality photos)
Processing the digitised pages by straightening, cropping and sharpening the images
Transcribing each page with a combination of AI tools
Matching each ITM with a registered marriage when possible
Human verification of the transcribed information

The main LLM (AI) used are the Google Gemini Pro and Flash models, which have excellent 'Vision' capabilities, and a generous free tier.

Archives NZ has released the register years they have digitised (1865-69, 1872, 1874 and 1880) under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license.

The Intention to Marry registers (up to 1925) are more than 100 years old, so their Crown Copyright has expired, putting them in the public domain. This also applies to any 'mechanical reproductions' (eg, pictures or photocopies) of their content without substantial alteration.

The transcribed records on this website are released under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal license, which allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, even for commercial purposes, while giving credit to the creator (NZ Intentions to Marry Project).